dryge

Middle English

Adjective

dryge

  1. alternative form of drye

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *drūgiz, *draugiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerǵʰ- (to strengthen; become hard or solid), from *dʰer- (to hold, hold fast, support).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdryː.je/

Adjective

drȳġe

  1. dry
    • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
      Þā cwæð sē Ælmihtiġa tō Moysen, "Āstreċe ðīne hand ofer ðā sǣ, and tōdǣl hī." And Moyses ðā slōh þǣre sǣ ofer mid his ġyrde, and sēo sǣ tōēode on twā, and eal þæt Israhela folc ēode ofer ðā sǣ bē drīum grunde, and þæt wæter stōd him on twā healfa swilċe ōðer stānweall.
      Then the Almighty said to Moses: "Stretch forth thy hand over the sea, and divide it." And then Moses struck the sea with his staff, and the sea divided in two, and all the Israelites crossed over the sea on dry ground, and the water stood in two halves like stone walls.

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: drye, drie, dri, drige, dryge, drüȝe

Swedish

Adjective

dryge

  1. definite natural masculine singular of dryg